I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.
Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.
High school is just horrible in general. So, I think it was a good time for me to have stopped acting. I got to be normal in high school.
Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.
I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all.
I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.
I rarely buy a shoe that is completely specific to a time and outfit. I generally tend to spend money on good shoes that can go with everything.
Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
Sometimes, a remix is good because it reaches a whole new generation. But when it gets too much, it's irritating. Also, the original composer needs to be credited properly.
Oh yes, my generation liked to be in some pain when they read. The harder it was, the more good we believed it was doing us.
War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.
When you're in the closet, you feel like the sky will fall down if anyone finds out. A lot of the fear is self-generated.
Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt.
The digitally native generation has no idea what has been lost to the freedom of intimacy that has no fear of being recorded.
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.
My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but it wasn't a large commercial film.
